Gevrise Emane's explanations on the letter denouncing the "mutilations" of hyper-androgenic athletes

"We are shocked." Between misunderstanding and worry, Gevrise Emane, like 24 other French athletes, expects explanations on abuses suffered by young women, hyperandrogenic athletes or intersex. These 25 athletes sent an open letter to the International Athletics Federation, the International Olympic Committee and France, the Ministry of Sports for the purpose of obtaining clarification after being alerted by a report broadcast by the German ARD channel. and taken over by France 3.

In this documentary, a hyper-androgenic Ugandan athlete, Annet Negesa, who was deprived of the abnormal natural testosterone at the 2012 Olympics, said she had been subjected to a procedure to remove the genitals without being notified. She claims to have been offered by the International Federation (IAAF) a first medical appointment in Nice with the doctor Stephane Bermon, Director of the Health and Scientific Department of the International Federation, before its operation in Uganda.

"As a high-level athlete and also as an individual, we were challenged," said Gevrise Emane, three-time world judo champion at RMC Sport's microphone, "we have chosen to send a letter to all the institutions that are in charge of protecting high-level athletes, and it has been found that the physical and moral integrity of athletes is not considered. "

"Our priority is the protection of the physical and moral integrity of the athletes"

The member of the CNOSF High Performance Committee does not hide her concern. "We are full of questioning, we do not know what happened, we ask the authorities to check what happened and to open a real inquiry." We would like the light to be made on it. understand and have answers, and if there are wrongdoers, they can be convicted Ethically, I find it disturbing to an individual to take drugs to reduce a rate (testosterone) that is natural in It is our priority to protect the physical and moral integrity of athletes. "

The letter of the 25 French sportsmen has already found a favorable echo with the opening of an investigation. "I share the emotion, the misunderstanding of the athletes about the revelations of the alleged treatments made to hyper-androgenic athletes, tweeted the Minister of Sports Roxana Maracineanu.With Agnes Buzyn (Minister of Solidarities and Health), we want explanations, so we will launch a joint investigation to shed light on the case. "